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Drug users know their stuff

Drug users know their stuff

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 5

Drug users are well informed about the harms associated with the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and tobacco to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College ...


EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing.


Ecstasy may be linked to sleep apnea

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New research shows that recreational users of the drug known as ecstasy may be at a higher risk for sleep apnea. The study is published in the December 2, 2009, online issue of Neurology.


Researchers patent enabling technology for spread-spectrum systems

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you've ever gotten the dreaded "network busy" message while trying to make a cell phone call, you've experienced the complication of sharing a single network with numerous other users.


Brain-behavior disconnect in cocaine addiction

Brain-behavior disconnect in cocaine addiction

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on ...


A woman dials a cell phone in her car

Study shows cell phone users miss the obvious, like a unicycling clown

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

How blind to their surroundings can people be when they're talking on their cell phones?


Google said Teracent can pick and choose from thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time

Google buying display ad startup Teracent

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.


EU agrees on new Internet user rights

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.


A visitor checks out Google's Book Search site at the Google stand of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2008

Google introduces new commenting tool 'Sidewiki'

Technology / Internet

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Google unveiled a new tool on Wednesday which allows notes and comments to be posted alongside Web pages for others to read.


The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California

Google users loyal: comScore

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The planned Microsoft-Yahoo! online search tie-up has promise but must overcome people's fierce loyalty to market king Google, industry tracker comScore said Friday.


Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista (AP)

Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista

Technology / Software

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (16) | comments 24

(AP) -- Julie Larson-Green hopes you'll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame.


Screen of a computer showing a file-sharing web site

Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers.


Promising new trends in Web search engines

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Internet is a vastly different place than it was 15 years ago, but the way consumers search it has changed very little.


Newspaper sites draw 36 percent of Web audience in June

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Newspaper Web sites attracted 70.3 million unique visitors in June, representing about 36 percent of all Internet users, according to a new Nielsen Online study commissioned by an industry trade group.


Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal (AP)

Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal

Technology / Internet

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.